Compile Error when I try to activate presentation

Question

I'm stumped and I feel like I've got to be missing something dumb...

This macro is intended to call and run a macro whose code is contained in another file and "apply" the macro to the open presentation (from which the initial macro was run). I'm getting a Compile error: Method or data member not found on the second to last line. When I comment that line out, the code runs properly but applies the macro to the wrong presentation.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance, Joe

Function IsPresentationOpen(Name As String) As Boolean
    Dim codePres As Presentation
    On Error Resume Next
    Set codePres = Application.Presentations.Item(Name)
    IsWorkBookOpen = (Not codePres Is Nothing)

End Function

Sub Run_Macro()

    Dim BriefingTemplate As Presentation
    Set BriefingTemplate = Application.ActivePresentation

'Open Joe's Code Workbook
    Dim xRet As Boolean
    xRet = IsPresentationOpen("CODE.potm")
    If xRet Then
    Else
        Presentations.Open "Direcory\CODE.potm"
    End If

'Run Macro
    BriefingTemplate.Activate                            '<<This is the line w/ the error
    Application.Run ("'CODE.potm'!Macro"), BriefingTemplate


End Sub

Sub a_RunAll_PM(BriefingTemplate As Presentation)

BriefingTemplate.Activate

  Call a_Scorecards_PM
  Call CurrentTemps_PM
  Call RadarSat_PM
  Call Severe_PM
  Call Day1_PM
  Call Day2
  Call JetStream_PM
  Call Operational_Impact_PM
  Call D1_Headlines_PM
  Call D2_Headlines
End Sub

Sub a_Scorecards_PM()
   Dim oPic As Shape
    Set oPic = ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes.AddPicture( _
    FileName:="H:\Weather Briefs\Daily Ops Scorecards\SWA_Page_1.jpg", _
    LinkToFile:=msoFalse, _
    SaveWithDocument:=msoTrue, Left:=0, Top:=0, _
    Width:=720, Height:=540)

    ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Copy
    ActivePresentation.Slides.Paste 24

End Sub

Answer 1

Rather than "activating" the presentation you want to update, pass the presentation as a parameter to each procedure that needs to access it:

'I am assuming "a_RunAll_PM" is what is called "Macro" in your original question code
Sub a_RunAll_PM(BriefingTemplate As Presentation)

  'Removed "Call" as that is obsolete
  a_Scorecards_PM BriefingTemplate '<-- pass the presentation as a parameter
  CurrentTemps_PM BriefingTemplate '<-- may need to pass to other procedures too?
  RadarSat_PM
  Severe_PM
  Day1_PM
  Day2
  JetStream_PM
  Operational_Impact_PM
  D1_Headlines_PM
  D2_Headlines
End Sub

Sub a_Scorecards_PM(pres as Presentation)
   Dim oPic As Shape
    'Use the "pres" parameter rather than "ActivePresentation"
    Set oPic = pres.Slides(1).Shapes.AddPicture( _
    FileName:="H:\Weather Briefs\Daily Ops Scorecards\SWA_Page_1.jpg", _
    LinkToFile:=msoFalse, _
    SaveWithDocument:=msoTrue, Left:=0, Top:=0, _
    Width:=720, Height:=540)

    pres.Slides(1).Copy
    pres.Slides.Paste 24

End Sub